Cuff retainer or holder



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No. 424,777. Patented Apr. 1,1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CUFF RETAINER OR HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 424,777, dated April 1, 1890.

Application filed April 19, 1889. $erial No. 307,808. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, IVALTER L. FULLAWAY, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cuff Retainers or Holders, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings.

My invention consists of a cuff-retainer formed of jaws adapted to engage with the sleeve of the coat or dress that incloses the cuff, the construction and operation being hereinafter fully set forth.

Figures 1 and 2 represent perspective views of a cuff retainer or holder embodying my invention. Fig. 3 represents a perspective view of a modification. Figs. 4 and 5 represent longitudinal sections of the parts shown, respectively, in Figs. 2 and 3.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

Referring to the drawings, A and B designate jaws, which are pivotally connected by the pin 0 and adapted to be inserted as a button into button-holes of a cuff, so as to be pre sented to the inner face of the sleeve of the coat or dress that incloses the cuff.

I) and E designate'plates or tongues, which are connected with the jaws A and B and extend at or about a right angle to the same, and consequentl in the direction of the length of the end.

F designates a spring, which is connected with the jaws in such manner as to close the same, it being seen that said spring may be a flat plate or coiled, as shown in the figures.

\Vhen the retainer is fitted to the cuff and the latter located within the sleeve of the garment, a finger is introduced into the cuff, so as to reach the tongues and move the same, whereby the jaws are opened. The cuff is then pressed toward the sleeve, or vice versa, and the tongue let go, whereby the jaws close on said sleeve and the cuff and sleeve are accordingly connected, the advantage of which is evident. When the cuff is to be removed, a tongue is operated. so as to open the jaws, whereby the latter release their hold of the sleeve, and the cuff may then be withdrawn. The retainer may also be uubuttoned from the cuff and is applicable to other cuffs for further service.

In order to prevent the side edges of the jaws from cutting or tearing the sleeve, said jaws are continued inwardly, forming lips G, which provide broad surfaces for grasping the material of the sleeve, as will be most clearly shown in Fig. 1. The outer edges of the lips or inner edges of the jaws may be serrated, as seen in Fig. 3.

The plate or tongue D has an opening a. to permit the plate or tongue E to pass through the same, the two plates being turned laterally, so as to be conveniently accessible for opening the jaws, the plate D, in connection with the bend II at the base of the jaw A, serving to prevent the holder or retainer from being drawn through the button-holes.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A cuff holder or retainer consisting of two jaws pivotally connected and having inwardly-projecting lips, a spring adapted to close said jaws, and tongues on the lower ends of each of said jaws, said tongues extending at an angle to the jaws, and one of said tongues passing through the other, said parts being combined substantially as described.

2. A cuff holder or retainer consisting of two pivotally-connected jaws, each having an inwardly-projecting lip and provided with a tongue, one of the said tongues passing through the other one, and a spring adapted to close said tongues against each other, one of said jaws and tongues having a bend extending in a direction opposite from that of the tongues, said parts being combined substantially as described.

3. A cuff holder and retainer consisting of two jaws pivotally connected and having an operating-spring between the same, and tongues on the lower endsof said jaws, one of said tongues having the projecting bend II, and both tongues ext-ending on the same side of the jaws, said parts being combined substantially as described.

p IVALTER L. FULLAVAY.

lVitnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, L. JENNINGS. 

